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    Ford Dealership blatantly lied about preowned vehicle being in 2 accidents. Auto Fraud?

    I initially asked like a month ago. I was just following up to my original post because i hate leaving things open ended.
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    Ford Dealership blatantly lied about preowned vehicle being in 2 accidents. Auto Fraud?

    Sorry typo i'm on my phone, I meant to say he brought up the treble damages and court fees not me. That's what he said I should pursue
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    Ford Dealership blatantly lied about preowned vehicle being in 2 accidents. Auto Fraud?

    I was offered around $4,500 less because it was trading in, and i'm sure you know that trade in value is different than ACV so I got it appraised and got the ACV and the ACV was about $3,000 less. I discussed it with my attorney and brought up in Indiana you CAN sue for treble damages and court...
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    Ford Dealership blatantly lied about preowned vehicle being in 2 accidents. Auto Fraud?

    Unless they have a copy that's from around 2016, i.e. a year before I even purchased the vehicle, it would be forged. I made sure to get a copy myself and go to several dealerships to make sure the copies matched, which they did
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    Ford Dealership blatantly lied about preowned vehicle being in 2 accidents. Auto Fraud?

    Except the autocheck had the two accidents reported prior to me buying the vehicle. Like I said I contacted autocheck and had it confirmed as such, so that right there is false advertising. and yes they are reported as accidents and not just damage, I obtained copies of both police reports.
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    Ford Dealership blatantly lied about preowned vehicle being in 2 accidents. Auto Fraud?

    As of right now the ACV is about $3000 less than if it was not in any accidents, so that's what I am going to be suing for. and yes that is it appraised to ACV. and originally I was looking for input on the matter, I didn't want to jump to legal action which is why I went through the attorney...
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    Ford Dealership blatantly lied about preowned vehicle being in 2 accidents. Auto Fraud?

    UPDATE. Okay there seemed do be a few misconceptions i'm going to clarify, The patch was no bigger than my hand, and didn't really look like anything larger. The salesman and manager I worked with both told me explicitly that the vehicles was in no accidents. I managed to pull up an old ad on...
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    Ford Dealership blatantly lied about preowned vehicle being in 2 accidents. Auto Fraud?

    it happened yesterday when I confronted them, and Luckily I recorded the conversation. and the text messages are from the dealerships number. Why would they not be viable?
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    Ford Dealership blatantly lied about preowned vehicle being in 2 accidents. Auto Fraud?

    I have this bit in text as well, When i asked what is could be the dealer told me it was hit by a shopping cart. It wasn't major damage but a small fender patch
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    Ford Dealership blatantly lied about preowned vehicle being in 2 accidents. Auto Fraud?

    The selling dealer had the autocheck at the time which did show both accidents and admitted to it when confronted
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    Ford Dealership blatantly lied about preowned vehicle being in 2 accidents. Auto Fraud?

    Like I said, I confronted the dealership with it and they said they didn't use autocheck at the time. When I pointed it out in the ad for the vehicle they admitted to using autocheck and knowing about the accidents
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    Ford Dealership blatantly lied about preowned vehicle being in 2 accidents. Auto Fraud?

    the autocheck had the accidents listed since 2016, which is why they showed me a carfax instead
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    Ford Dealership blatantly lied about preowned vehicle being in 2 accidents. Auto Fraud?

    yes it was a separate dealership, and yes it was "as is" but I have the statements in text that the assured the vehicle was in no accidents, as well as the "clean" carfax with matching vin to the carfax I have with listed damage and screenshots of the listing stating clean carfax and autocheck
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    Ford Dealership blatantly lied about preowned vehicle being in 2 accidents. Auto Fraud?

    In October 2017 I purchased a used mustang from a licensed ford dealership. It was priced well and had some minor fender damage,but was listed online as having a clean carfax and autocheck. I then asked if the vehicle had any prior accidents or damage both in person and over texts with a dealer...

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